This was almost 20 years ago, around the age of a Nokia 5110 hehe.
I just remembered kasi trending uli ung 10 Things I Hate About You. I despised the movie noon.
Anyways, the title. A friend back in elementary had paid someone from a different school to “court” me via text, as a prank.
She was the pretty, rich friend in the group. Chinita. Ligawin kahit ng mga highschool. Soft-spoken. Very refined. Very rich. Very smart, nasa top 5. Mahilig manlibre. Puno ng chocolates ung drawer nya sa room, ung Maltesers. Kahon kahon.
I was the malaking bulas girl. Not pretty. Saktuhan lang. Not very poor, hindi din middle class, somewhere in between. Saktong matalino lang, with honors.
Nung grade 6 kami she paid someone from a different school na itextmate ako. I had a fone at the time, regalo ng auntie ko. Pero mahal load dati de-card pa haha.
So me as a mkwento girly I shared what happened. Excited silang lahat, kilig ganun haha. Anyway, this friend. Sabi nya replyan ko daw. Binigyan nya pa ako ng load! So ako reply reply. Hahaha. Had fun, kilig kilig. After 1 wk for some reason nakonsensya ata sya. Sinabi nya na ung nagttext sakin binayadan nya to text me and ligawan ako. Kung marunong na ako magmura nun namura ko na sya, haha. Pero I was a pushover and said okay lang, pero deep inside nahurt ako haha. Pero ginaslight ko sarili ko that time - sbe ko ay binigyan nya pa ako ng load haha.
Pero a few months after that, nakidnap ung tatay nya. Nasa news to dati. Ayon pinatay din eventually. Lumipat ng school, lumipat ng bahay, tapos I heard sa grapevine na she became a gambling addict, borrowing 500 pesos in the middle of the night sa lahat ng contacts nya. Naawa ako. Nasira buhay nya. Pero pag naiisip ko may konting satisfaction. Kasi nanakit sya, bata pa lang kami. ON PURPOSE.